Business areas would operate similar to the one in place downtown

12:00 PM,
Jan. 23, 2013

A map of the proposed entertainment district in Old Cloverdale.

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Montgomery city officials have been working on a proposal that would create a Cloverdale entertainment district that would include businesses on both Cloverdale Road and East Fairview Avenue.

A bill passed by the Legislature last year allows a city the size of Montgomery to designate two entertainment districts that have an area no larger than one-half-mile by one-half-mile, Deputy Mayor Jeff Downes said. The districts can be irregularly shaped.

In June, the City Council passed an ordinance that expanded the entertainment district downtown to include all of the riverfront to Railroad ...